you got to tell me one thing, i beg you, cogressman, one thing you say i'm going to cut this. what would it be? >> you -- neil: you don't know, do you? >> well, yes, i know, but i have to have time to explain it. i can't tell you i'm going to walk in and cut this and cut that. neil: we got a lot of e-mail on that one. so said i was rude and the that the congresswoman or clueless, but we didn't make progress, did we? as the week ends, where do i start? a congressman who can't budge or went act, won't move, the republicans offering tax hikes with nothing in return, just walk away from the table. that could be a very real possibility, and hear former office ceo of home depot say a welcomed one. a bad deal is worse than no deal. also with us, town hall's elizabeth and roll call. let's get a sense where you think this is going, steve. you don't like where it's going? >> no. you know, look, we need a deal. we're sitting on a price missing here with the whole world watching, the markets are expecting a deal, the credit rating agencies expecting a deal, and if we don't have a balanced